Archive List for Sierra Leone election

Security forces have fired teargas around the headquarters of Sierra Leone’s main opposition party, the All Peoples’ Congress, in the capital, Freetown. Party Officials called the attack unprovoked. The incident has further heightened an already tense situation as people await the outcome of Saturday’s elections. The opposition has warned it will not accept any attempt to alter the outcome of the poll. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Freetown, Sierra Leone. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #SierraLeone #SierraLeoneElection2023 #SierraLeoneVotes2023 #AlJazeeraEnglish

Voting is under way in Sierra Leone’s tightly contested presidential and parliamentary elections amid a cost-of-living crisis. Polling stations opened later than the scheduled time of 7am in the capital, Freetown, AFP journalists said on Saturday. They were due to close at 5pm (17:00 GMT). Some 3.4 million people are registered to vote, 52.4 percent of whom are under 35 years old, according to an electoral commission spokesman. 13 candidates are vying for the presidential post, including incumbent Julius Maada Bio, with a crippling economic crisis, which sparked deadly riots last year, on top of the poll agenda. Presidential candidates must secure 55 percent of valid votes for a first-round […]